Name-plate-holding means



May 26, 1925.

H. HORNICK NAME PLATE HOLDING MEANS Filed May 21, 1924 E 9 7% j@ /W /fyPatented May 26, 1925.

UNITED STATES;

HUGO HonNIcxroF.- CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AsslIenon', To minimun STAMHNGCOMPANY, orcmciiiso,4 ILLINoIsiAirooencaefrloit; or ILLINoIs@NAME-PLA'rE-Hcrinme Manns- Appiicfrion inegi May` 21,:19251,` semaine,714,811, l

To all whom zt may, concern:

Be it known that I, HUGO HonNioK, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Chicago, in the county of Cooky and State of Illinois, haveinvented certa-in neivand useful Improvements in Name-Plate-.HoldingMeans, of-Whichzthe following is al specification. y

My invention relatesto improvements in the construction of metalIarticles, and has special4 reference to` means for attaching plates,such as.v name plates, onsuch metal I devised my invention particularlyforl securing name or designation plates uponmanufact-ured articles.made of sheetmetal, though it should be understood that my invention isnot thuslimited,

I-Ieretofoie it hasy been common practice tosecure naine plates. to sucharticles by screws or other more permanent fasteners, and where a.factory is puttingfout anarticle, suoli as an electric iron, under asingleor but av few trademarks or names, suchmeans lof fasteningv isnot: objectionable. But Where, as now frequently happens, such articlesare made in largeV quantities exactly uniforin as to construction andare sold: under many trademarks or names,lthe securing of :3U thetrade-mark plate in the manner here tofore described is: notadvantageous. This for the reason that usually the flat irons areshipped in relatively small lots and on short notice,

irons in stock even though butta few of;` each trade-niark are carried.If this is` not done it isv frequently necessary totake off some of theplates and put on others. In some instances this changing of' platesamounts to a great burden and adds to the manufacturing cost. K

I have devised a system by which the irons are completed except as tothe particularV plate to -be attached.

v notlimited` to'thisl particular use'.

` applied; y i

Figure 2,' is .a vertical'sectionE of; theiroii and Where numeroustraple-mark` plates are used it is necessary to carry many ,stop- Ifprovide the partj to' which vthe plate' is to loev attached withoverlyingor overhanging parts, beneath Which thek plate canfbe readilyinserted, and; also With a4 bendalole part or lug adapt-edf to be easilyformed over one edge of the plate for'lockingthe plate in position.vWhile 'my invention is a very simple one,v it has'greatvalue in themanufacturing and marketing of suclimetal devices as electricflat'irons', etc.` i y In the accompanying drawings forming my inventionyin connection With. an elec'- p lpart, ofthis specification,Ihave'illustrated articles as electrically heatedy flat irons, etc.l

tri/cally heatedv flatfiioii, though it, vvillj of Insaidzdrawingsi-L- y.Y

f Figure l, is a vie-W iii elevationgofthe rear or broad end of anelectricallygheated; flat iron, as it appears before Athe naine;plate'isy on the line 2 2 of Figure lythe vheatingelenientnot'beiiigshoivn; i. i

F gure 3, is al View` similar to Figure 1,

showing the name'plate secured on 'their.oii;

Figure fl, is a verticalsection on the line ll-t ofIfigure 3; andi` y"Figure 5*,isarvdetaill fragmentary horizonvtal section on theline 5*'-5of Figure 3; y In said drawings 1illustrates'the sheet inetal shellA of`an" electric flat iron and 2 the yheayy cast iron hase.v The shell isls. ecured-to the baseby 'any suitable ineans,`but in any event the rearendj'oftlie base projects slightly beyondthe rearwallA offthe shell.Itis upon this reary Wall, 4 ,that I desire toy place the naine. plate.I rEhe name plate/5; is a rect-angular,4 platejofsheet metal adapted'tohave engraved,A or otherwise,'pro

duced thereon the desireddata', names, etc.

This plate'is .preferably smaller in area than said rear Wallr 4, `and I'provide "means by which one ofv theplates '5, can, be easily, readilyand permanently fixed upon said rear wallj 4'. "I", provide'lugs G tooverlie or overhang the tivo ven dsf ofthe plate 5. As shown, these lugs6' are struck'up out of thereaij` Wall' 4; and'gthe plate 5' can beentei'fedf beneath these lugs from above' andy slipped" downuntilthe"lower'edge Sofi' the Vcourse be understood that myinyentionisi7D plate rests inV Contact with, some. suitablev 1iprojection, .asshovn in therdmwngs, v 'the-projecting, part ofA theplateiio l. manentlyin position, I provide a bendable -inc'ombinationwith the lower stopprevents.

' the removalvoflthe plateifrom beneath the lugs 6. .The'lugs 6, inorder that they Amay. hold the .plate Aclose to. lthe back wall: 4f

lugt)` sol arranged lthat Ican readilj bend it over the top edge 100ithe platev 5 which,

are bent'to vprovide just ,room enough for the plate, and consequentlyaslthe plate is insertedbeneath thev lugs it` slidesdownfinl lcontact-,with the outer face vof .the'rear wall fl. .To provide thebendablelug V9of such .material Vand form, that it can be readily .bentover the upper edge l0 ofthe plate 5, Y

I `preferably usev afstrip of relatively; Ithin -sheet metal long enoughso .that one end .v will make a :tongue 11. projecting upwardly justwithin theback wall 4, and the .other end of whichwill form` thevtongueV 9 which Y* .I first form; in Contact with thev outer surl face.of saidbac'kwalle, the wall being the outer end-9 and permit'the plate'to pass over same. After -the plate 5 has been i' `insertedthe` tongue19 'is ,liftedl outj of its Vdepressionand is bentoutwardly andfdown-VVwardlyfov'er the upper edge 10er the plate.

. I purposely make 'thev depression 13 slightly-higher than theprojection,` to per- Vinit the easy engagement of the tongue 9 inisetting iit around the edge lofthe plate. It'sliould be'understood thatthe strip does not require any other fastening -to retain. Y it inplace, asv the inner end being in contact',V with `jthe inner face ofthe wall, itfisheld `VVtightly in place during and after the bending ofthe tongue 9. As shown in the drawings, the` strip irst has a U-shapeand. then Athen thetongue is formed over' Athe edge of the plate ithasadouble U.-sliape, `as the slot l2 is below Vthe upper edge of theplate j and' consequently? there is no possibility of the strip becomingloosened from its hold- Y l ing position, which it might do if the slot12 were even with or above theedgeof'the vplate. v y f able metal thetongue 9 can 4be readily lifted orbent back if' it becomesnecessary tore-V As the strip is ,made of thin bend move or exchange the name plate.z Y j VAs many modifications Voit my invention will readily suggestthemselves to one skilled in the art, I do not limitor confine myinvention to the specific VVdetailsof constructionherein 'shown anddescribed.' f

1 1.a sheet to bei attached, a pair oppositelyidisposed .Struck up'lugsforreceiving the' plate bemetalartic'le to which4 a' Aplate is tweenthem andbeneatli whiehfthej plate can be entered in one direction only,`the' article provided Witha slot adaptedto be'positioned i i beneath theplate when"set,fabendable strip arranged inthe slotan'd having vitsends, one

within androne without the article, in contact Witlithe vinner andoutersurfaces oftheV article, theplate adapted to be passed over theouter end ofthestrip while being positioned beneath the struck up lugs,andthe outer end ot' the sti-ip adaptedto'bebent around vand overthe'adjacent edge offtlie,4 plate for niu-V tualinterlockment in position. f,Y

` 2. A sheet metal articlejtO Which a plate is. `8() to beatt-ache`d,"av pair of oppositelydisposed.

struck up lugs for receiving .the plate between them andfbe'neathwhichthe plate can be entered in one direction only, the article providedwith a slotadapted to'bepositioned vbeneath the platewhen set,,a'bendable-strjp arranged in the slot andfhaving its en dsf, one f Withinand one without 'the Yarticle and in Contact withthevinnergand outerSurfaces'of the article, the article lprovided with a de-jv V..pressedportion" for receivingltheT outer. end

'of said strip, to permitl the fplate' to pass readily over same, jthe[plate adapted to be passed over the outer 'end' of the strip whilebeing positioned Vbeneaththe struck up lugs,v and the. outer endof thestrip adapted to be bent around and over the adjacent edge of the plate'lfor mutualV interlockmentj inv pfisitioii.V i l y I Y j 3. A sheetmetal article provided with two opposedfhooked lugsl adaptedto"overhangA Aopposite edgeswof rja plate to 'be attachedto the article,vthe article'provided withinv slot so positioned that the plate willcover same,l a

bendable striplljient in U-for' inaroundtlie vouter `edge ofthe slot,Vthe article provided with `a depression lextending'f outwardly. 'fromthe slotand adapted to receive the outerend Aplate VVafter the plateYhas Abeen positioned beneath said lugsjas and for 'the purposespecified.r C I' U l. In an Aa1.ticle"o,;f the kind described, .a

sheet metal casing, abase projecting'beyond. V'the casing,ystrucl uplugs-tor"overliangingv opposite edges of a plateito be attached to'thcarticle the base preventing tlieescapcol the plate from beneath thelugs. in one direction, the casing, having a slotiadapted torbc coveredbythe plate when in position, la bendable stri p extendingthrouglithcslot, its

eiidsextending in a direction away from the of the Strip, the outer endof the strip adapt 'i i Vedto be formedoveij tlie'adj'acent edge of theY Y plate, 'botliwithin and`' witliout Athe casing,

the outeilend. of` the. strip adaptedto be formed around,andV over thevnoyerlying edge of the plate, as and Afor tliefpurpo'se specified.Intestimony whe're`of,I"havehereunto set v 'iHUG Hom-cef.

